What are your thoughts on...

[meadowlarks]

Juniper for a girl?

It just popped into my head the other day and I think I've fallen in love. I like the fact that it sounds sweet but headstrong at the same time. I posted a thread a while ago with some of my more...interesting...ideas, and even after that, Atticus is still my favourite boy's name. I think they sound great together, but, this being MN, now's your opportunity to prove me wrong. MNs are still under consideration, but ask and you shall recieve.

Sorry! It's not pretentious in the same way as, say, Tarquin (which should only be used if you've actually got a title). It's just that everyone will think "Atticus Finch" and middle-brow school novels and crusading do-gooders. And American. It also automatically sends a message that you might not mean by it, and the poor kid will constantly be having to explain himself.

It's ugly because of all those hard consonants. It might work as a middle name, but if it were me, I'd choose something else as a first name.

I see your point, but I don't think people called Atticus spend their lives explaining their name. I have met one before and he was totally unpretentious and completely suited it, so, I think personality can completely reverse your preconceptions.

Alright, I've been persuaded to drop Aramis as a MN, so my backup was Evelyn. I was thinking Juniper Pomeline Evelyn Rose was nice. Pomeline is pronounced "Pomaleen" for those who aren't familiar with Medieval French names No doubt you shall chuckle.

Aramis is my favourite musketeer so it is tempting but on the other hand it is his surname. I think his first name is Henri.

I love Juniper. Lots of lovely nn's too. I think people would think i'd picked it in connection with my favourite drink though...

I like Atticus. I think it has gravitas (Harper Lee fan here), and generally good associations. It's a bit American, but not Huckleberry, IYSWIM. I would put Atticus in the same name category as Peregrine.

Evelyn, I like (whereas I don't like Juniper, prefer Juno), but I like Aveline or Avelina even more (Norman origin, Latinate form of Evelyn). I think it might have the meaning of little bird?

Pomeline makes me think of "Mrs Pommelhorse? I want to get down now," from The Simpsons..

Juniper Pomeline makes me think of jumping, and gym class in general, in fact.

Pomeline

ooops Where did that come from?

That's strange you say Atticus sounds American, because to me it sounds very English for some reason. Juno sounds a bit too masculine for my liking, that's why I chose Juniper over it. I'm not so keen on Aveline or Avelina, and I can't say "Mrs Pommelhorse" has ever sprung to mind at the word "Pomeline"...if you type it in on facebook, you get quite a few French girls called Pomeline, so it's not that obscure.

I think it's the Mockingbird link that makes me associate it with the cultured South.

Atticus is Latin for "Athenian" (i.e. someone from Athens). But its strongest modern association is with that very American novel To Kill a Mocking Bird.

I know that. But that's not the reason I like the name...all the same, Gregory Peck/Harper Lee connotations aren't bad ones to have.